RJ20222023

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Romeo & Juliet
What do you know about them?
What springs to mind?
Words, thoughts, songs, anything?

Romantic love story ........ REALLY?

Happy end? 

But is it really Romeo that comes up with the brilliant ideas? 

Or is this a true story about girlpower……..

Take a wild guess ..How old is Juliet?

1. 13
2. 15
3. 17
4. 19

Tekst

Staged abduction, girl-power, medieval drill-rap, gangs, fights, revenge, forced child-marriage, mutual suicide and a dubious role for the church…….. get ready for the ultimate love-story or is it simply juice? 

Sit back, relax, and enjoy….

( during this most wonderful time of the year]

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes.
Which answer is a synonym for foe?

1. vow
2. friend
3. lover
4. enemy

"A pair of star-crossed lovers"
What does it mean when something is written in the stars?

00:27

Women were allowed to act in Shakespeare's time

1. True
2. False

00:54

When was Shakespeare born?

1. 1465
2. 1564
3. 1546
4. 1654

01:26

This is where we learn about the setting and the main characters are introduced

1. Climax
2. Exposition
3. Resolution
4. Raising action

02:29

When the story is at it's most exciting and the battle between the protagonist and antagonist is decided

1. Rising action
2. Climax
3. Falling action

02:59

What is the right order?

1. Denouement, raising action, exposition, climax, falling action
2. exposition, raising action, climax, falling action, denouement
3. Exposition, climax, falling action, raising action, denouement

03:24

"And they live happily ever after"

1. Falling action
2. Denouement
3. Exposition

Presentation of plot

What is "plot"?

What is 'Exposition'?

1. The beginning of the story
2. When the story is at it's most exciting
3. When the main problem has been solved

When the story is at it's most exciting and the battle between the protagonist and antagonist is decided

1. Rising action
2. Climax
3. Falling action

"And they live happily ever after"

1. Falling action
2. Denouement
3. Exposition

What is the right order?

1. Denouement, raising action, exposition, climax, falling action
2. exposition, raising action, climax, falling action, denouement
3. Exposition, climax, falling action, raising action, denouement

WHO IS WHO?
Name as many characters you know from Romeo and Juliet

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Homework
Create your own Romeo and Juliet family tree, take a picture to send in your answer.

Tekst

Where is the story set?
What evidence do you have from the Prologue? Where did you find this information?

What line tells us already how the story will end? Cite the first two words

Who will the play be about according to the prologue?

1. Romeo and Juliet
2. two households
3. a pair of lovers
4. children

What will the duration of the play be?
What evidence do you have from the prologue?